POTD: The Universal Vulcan 440 – A Pump-Action M1 Carbine

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a hunting rifle built on a very familiar skeleton. This is the Universal Firearms Vulcan 440, made down in Hialeah, Florida in the mid-1960s. Universal earned its keep building commercial copies of the M1 Carbine from surplus and new parts, ...

By Sam.S

Berlin Candy Bomber in the Berlin Airlift

U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a transport pilot best known as the “Candy Bomber” or “Onkel Wiggly Wings,” who became famous for dropping candy to German children in Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of the city. Following Germany’s defeat in World War II, the vic...

By Friedrich Seiltgen

POTD: The Winchester Model 88 – A Bolt Action with a Lever

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have the most unusual lever gun Winchester ever built, and one a lot of folks have never handled. This is the Winchester Model 88, introduced in 1955, the first all-new lever-action Winchester had designed in roughly 60 years, and it threw out al...

By Sam.S

POTD: The Benelli B77 – When the Shotgun Guys Tried Pistols

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rare miss from a company that doesn’t miss much. This is the Benelli B77, the .32 ACP member of Benelli’s short-lived run at the handgun market in the late 1970s and 80s. You know Benelli for shotguns, and there’s a reaso...

By Sam.S
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